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December 11, 2024
Edith Olmsted
Trump Celebrates FBI Director’s Resignation in Bonkers Rant
Christopher Wray announced he will step down in January 2025.
December 11, 2024
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
FBI Director Caves to Trump’s Dangerous Wishes by Resigning
Donald Trump has already picked Kash Patel to replace Christopher Wray.
September 12, 2024
MagazineGreg Sargent
Trump’s Slow-Burn Authoritarianism
You’ve read about the scary horrors of a Trump second term. But a legal war of attrition that harasses MAGA’s enemies and transforms government info into propaganda could prove more insidious and harder to mobilize against.
August 16, 2024
Hafiz Rashid
Trump’s Biggest Fans Think He’s Part of the Deep State Now
Donald Trump’s favorite conspiracy theory just turned against him.
July 10, 2024
Edith Olmsted
Trump Ally Exposed for Horrific Hit List of Political Enemies
Donald Trump’s self-proclaimed “secretary of retribution” is even more bloodthirsty than the former president.
May 28, 2024
MagazineIan Beacock
Birds Aren’t Real: The Prank That Turned Misinformation on Its Head
How a spoof conspiracy theory became a perfect study of how misinformation spreads
March 12, 2024
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Rand Paul Slams Trump for Endorsing “Worst Deep State Candidate” Yet
Senator Rand Paul is putting Donald Trump on blast for a 2024 Senate endorsement.
June 2, 2022
Michael Tomasky
Time for Merrick Garland to Fire John Durham
The special prosecutor that former Attorney General Bill Barr left behind has stunk up the DOJ for far too long.
February 10, 2022
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MagazineTimothy Noah
Washington Is Not a Swamp
Ignore the lazy conventional wisdom. The nation’s capital is the most public-spirited city in the country. By far.
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August 3, 2020
MagazineMelissa Gira Grant
The Occult, Terrorizing Politics of QAnon
Q's followers were promised a war. Now, as federal agents snatch people off the streets, they believe it's arrived.
November 8, 2019
Jefferson Morley
The “Deep State” Is a Political Party
As an impeachment crisis looms, CIA and FBI veterans are taking a troubling lead in opposing Trump at the ballot box.

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